Marine waste in deep-sea environments degrades sharply, making mechanical recycling difficult. The OCEANZYME project is investigating new enzyme-based recycling solutions.
This international colloquium will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first European Waste Framework Directive, Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975. It will bring together researchers, practitioners, jurists and decision-makers to take stock of this policy and reflect on its future.
The European Commission has launched the Digital Product Passport Registry together with a testing environment. The Registry will support products covered by the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and other EU legislation requiring Digital Product Passport registration.
All DPPs must be registered: the new DPP website provides information about the process!
Investors, circular entrepreneurs, city and regional representatives, policymakers and incubators will come together to focus on one central question: what is still preventing circular businesses from scaling in Europe — and what practical changes are needed to close the gap!
Glass is great for washing, refilling and reusing, and reuse systems make the most of these qualities. The EU-funded Interpool project aims to help advance cross-border reuse systems for glass packaging.
They're looking to build a pool of experts. Interested? Apply by 16 August!
This webinar will explore how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can be both a rigorous environmental tool and a strategic asset for the product development of buildings and for supporting innovation, market readiness and commercialisation.
Industry experts will share practical insights on integrating LCA into sustainable product development, with a focus on the emerging and highly innovative products developed by the INBUILT project.
This conference will focus on the European policies, technologies and business models that are reshaping circularity, from the Circular Economy Act and textile legislation to the Digital Product Passport and artificial intelligence.
New data confirm a rapid slowdown in Europe’s transition to a circular plastics economy, triggered by the competitiveness crisis facing the European plastics system.
With global circular plastics production accelerating, Europe’s annual growth in circular production has declined sharply from 13.6% in 2022 to only 1.2% in 2024.
New data on trade also highlight the significant dependence of Europe’s plastics transition on external value chains, with 19% of converter demand for circular plastics met through imports and 12.4% of Europe’s collected waste recycled in other regions.
These trends undermine Europe’s climate ambitions and strategic autonomy.
Urgent action is needed at EU and national levels to restore industry’s competitiveness and unlock investment in circular plastics at scale.
High-quality learning content providers from across Europe are invited to join an EU-wide education and training ecosystem supporting Europe's green and digital industrial transformation.
The circular economy and recycling systems are among the priority areas. Selected participants will be eligible for financial support to adapt, digitise or scale content.
